Dear President Elect, General Muhammadu Buhari,
DO NOT BREAK AWAY FROM THE CHAINS OF MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE
The unfolding events that have led to you becoming an
elected president of Nigeria today are the very recent wonders of our great
country. 2015 has been enmeshed with thunderous of prophesies; while some brought
succor others carried the biggest horror ever imagined. The year was proclaimed
the year of disintegration for Nigeria but we did not only integrate as
Nigerians, we are carrying a burden of hope that finally things will soon be
better.
When the APC merger was formed, a number of persons castes aspersion
on its viability and ability to succeed as a political party, they predicted it
not to stand the test of time; yet, it did not only survived the antics of
detractors but the soon to be governing political party in Nigeria. Another milestone
in the annals of this country.
It is still very much fresh in our memory how you wept and broke
down in tears when you were addressing a world press conference in 2011, these
were your words "I have never cried in all the positions I occupied but I
was moved and I wept because of the present pitiable condition of Nigeria,
particularly that of the poor ones who are struggling to survive. Here is a
country that is rich and blessed, and there is no sound leadership that will do
justice to the country. We have been struggling for liberation; I ran in 2003,
same in 2007 and now in 2011, and I said this is the last time that I will run,
and the thought that some people because of abject poverty will sell their
votes also made me emotional and I wept for our country’’. Sir, in this
dispensation you did not only win the presidential ticket of your party that
took the world to a standstill as the drama of the election unfolds in our TV, you
are now the president elect of Nigeria.
This election was the most competitive election in the
history of this country, in terms of size and might your party was less viable
compared to your opponents. You had no authority over the arm forces and other
agencies of government neither were you able to rain Dollars to the very
many power brokers in several blocs. Even though you were able to muscle some strength
from your supporters, nevertheless, you were less fortified compared to your
opponents, today we celebrate your victory, today, you are the very first to
have defeated an incumbent president in a presidential election and even got
congratulated by the outgoing president. Victory becomes remarkable when it is obtained from the verdict of majority; the people have chosen you for a mission.
I need not remind you that almost everyone sees their lives
changing for the better in you. This you have rightly expressed countless of
times. Some have also argued that they don’t envy you taken over the mantle of
leadership at this critical and hard time in the life of Nigeria and Nigerians.
But, I dare to say I envy you, this is truly the kind of shoes messiahs like to
wear. A country where standards and values have been debased for many decades
is one that when any significant change takes place it is easily noticed. Indeed
you have that rare privilege of joining the league of the likes of Nelson
Mandela, Lee Kuan Yew, Martin Luther King Jnr, Mahatma Gandhi and others.
Truly, you will have to perform miracles to be in this league except you were
never what we thought you are.
Nigerians know that governance is not rocket science, we
know that when the right decisions are taken and pursued vigorously the right
results will surely emerged. I also know that we are not expecting you to turn
water to wine nor walk on the sea but we want you to turn business to profit,
labor to wages, sickness to health, poverty to wealth, illiteracy to literacy,
crime to punishment and good values to reward. We do know that you don’t have a magic wand
because our expectation is not for you perform magic; Abracadabra does not
stand the test of time but we believe you have the piousness to turn things
around to the part that will earn us pride as Nigerians. For this we need not ask
for empirical evidence.
To be candid, we prayed for change and here is change. This means
we will not continue in the old order. Several things must be seen to have
changed or are changing, this is the miracle we want.
Yours sincerely in the waiting for
miracles,
Salami Musa.
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